A couple years back, Two Peas, Maria and Josh went all extreme makeover on their kitchen. Their documentation of the entire process is a demonstration of the old adage "It always looks worse before it gets better." Above we have a 'before' and here is a 'during':

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The new kitchen looks fantastic, great work! A kitchen accessory that I have bought recently which would fit in perfectly in this kitchen under the cupboards to the left, is an iPad bracket (this is perfect if you have one btw :)). Just something to bear in mind.

I absolutely love the low hanging lights, where did you get them from?

Every kitchen should look like this one turned out. It's light and open and absolutely gorgeous! I have always done my kitchens in white in every home I've had since the mid 1980s. When a kitchen is white, you know it's clean. (Maybe the only good thing about wood grain cabinets is you don't have to keep things clean)?

Love the new kitchen. I have an all white kitchen and a messy family and it's very easy to clean. Modern surfaces allow for that I think no matter whether they're dark or light or whatever. I have white quartz counter tops too and despite our tradesman's prediction of gloom and doom, the kitchen looks as good today as when it was installed two years ago.

@Jeanio--Not to worry! The general concensus was that the before was better!! That reminds me of a makeover I saw on AT awhile back. The person made over their 'cheap' Crate and Barrel media console, and I was like, "harumph." It was MY media console!! Still love it just as it is. It wasn't THAT cheap either, now that I think about it. ;)

Oh no! My seven year old kitchen, which I thought was well done, looks like the before picture! Ah well, it's comfy for me. The after one here is quite stylish. I wonder how it holds up in family traffic?

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